. >> amnesty international have said that anti-gaddafi forces committed unlawful killings and torture in what often amounted to a brutal settling of scores. in a report, amnesty says that just after the opposition forces took control of eastern libbia, groups of fighters killed dozens of captured government soldiers and suspected mercenaries often by shooting and hanging. claudio cordonnie is the senior director at amnesty international. i spoke to him from tripoli and asked him what evidence he has that both pro-gaddafi and anti-gaddafi forces committed war crimes. >> we spent the last six months, we had about six people taking turns and being in the country from benghazi to isratta to tripoli and have carried out loads of interviews and have seen the sights and were in areas as the fighting was going on such as miss rata. in that sense, what we've seen is obviously the killings carried out by gaddafi's forces, the scale and nature of which is now pretty well known, but at the same time, we've seen abuses from the other side, particularly in the initial first days. there were lynchin

amnesty international has called on libya's new authorities to prevent human rights abuses and there are allegations of violations committed by both rebels and colonel gadhafi is troops most of the country's now under rebel control with only a few pockets of cut off the loyalists still fighting but some people in the capital say the only fruits of the revolution they are seeing are uncertainty and fear as artie's marie for national now reports. that. they have done few free tripoli just come to talk chanting to celebrate the birth of you. all remind us of a recently overthrown dictatorship are suppressed what used to bring nightmares to some for decades is now a cause for love to. shift shoes for his curly hair we call him shit because his hair is so long and he doesn't cut it it's ugly actually but someone else smiling believe in the post gadhafi freedom is nothing but the mineralogy a crime has been the rest of three times in the last two weeks rebels interrogated him and took his documents the reason the twenty seven year old copilot says is his family's ties with gadhafi his regi

revolution started with killings to intimidate through fear their homes are covered in blogs amnesty international has recently accused both gadhafi regime and the one which replaced it of committing war crimes including killings and torture of military prisoners and civilians these are being felt by some here that more is in store roof notion r t three pally abia. offer more on what's next for libya now joined by james danes though in london based writer on middle east politics and security issue is james thank you very much for being here with us on a program now british and french leaders are heading to tripoli as we know to congratulate the new government but first foreign heads of state to visit since the overthrow of khadafi so what is the significance of this visit. but i think it's a real about addiction to the legitimacy of the new leadership ultimately in american sense an assistant secretary of state yesterday to tripoli and now you have some of the allies who were responsible for leading the nato campaign over the rules are largely responsible for the victory of the rebels themselves s

two days to leave or face on as an amnesty international report crimes committed by both the loyalists and rebels. leadership to restore order and security. ukraine questions. to the disaster site allegations they were providing unhealthy profits to officials and experts say the contaminated land might be just the place for new projects. and also reporting any attempts to calm fears over greece's potential default by members of the euro zone to stick together but stormy skies over europe is dead. for the moment more on those developments out of the stories in fifteen minutes from now and meantime as he was going on in the world of sport with. thanks for joining us this is sports it we've got plenty ahead in tooting all this . no joke novak djokovic proves once again why he's top of the men's tennis three pitching his third grandson kind of the season a new york city. on the ice to postpone pulsatile hockey league season begins by days after its scheduled kickoff calling last week's deadly are crushed in your eyes. and yellow pearls coupon make further inroads into the chart of the russ

welcome back you're watching r t live from moscow here's a look at the top stories amnesty international calls on all sides in a legal and civil war to prevent here a human rights violations will shortly debilitation after the. some libyans say they are now being abused by those who fought for their freedom. at a time when the u.s. is tightening its fiscal belt florsheim private jails seek more revenue from cash cow prisoners used to lobbying to expand the american justice system and increase the number of citizens behind bars. ukraine considers the legality of day trips to the contaminated area around her novel side of the world's biggest nuclear tragedy tourists visit and over allegations they provided unhealthy profits of ukrainian officials. with civil conflict sweeping through north africa and the middle east there's a real worry that the masses of weapons involved could fall into the wrong hands next thirty years from a former un expert on how serious the flow guns is and what is being done about it . with all the talk about diplomacy and tsunami the power of the gun still remains

lethal injection as i told you earlier tonight this despite a number of appeals calls from amnesty international and the pope former president jimmy carter because there's a few things wrong here there's no physical evidence in davis' case that he committed the crime no d.n.a. evidence and seven of the nine witnesses in the case have recanted five say they were coerced into their testimony originally now many of his supporters feel the case of troy davis showcases the unfair justice system in the united states as ever . because. they are there is ok. are being executed are being imprisoned now there are a number of arrests at that protest today as all of these people lobby to save troy davis who this case has been going on for decades he is then on death row for twenty years he's had a number of appeals he's exhausted them but yet there are still doubts about his case. this is his fourth scheduled execution tonight that was scheduled just an hour ago that are now earlier i spoke with chairman of the new black panther party and attorney dr in the league solution because he has a situation for me

i mean i think that amnesty international has a bunch of numbers and faxes and e-mails that you can reach out to to voice your. not discussed although it's hard not to voice your discuss but to encourage people to intervene and save the life of troy davis and i think that what this case really shows us is that even if you believe in the death penalty in theory you can't support it in the united states without supporting the execution of innocent people and i think this is a really a walkup watershed moment and again it's raised questions for people who aren't against the death penalty i'm myself i'm against the death penalty in syria and in practice but i really respect these people who are again poor for in theory but realize that in practice we know it's racist we know it's class as we know it's applied unfairly just last week a man received a stay of execution because basically he was convicted the jury was told that he was more likely to commit a violent crime again because of his race there's no question that it's a racist classist. penalty and we will get more into the race issue la

scheduled to die by lethal injection tonight now this despite a number of appeals calls from amnesty international the pope former president jimmy carter and in davis' case there was no physical evidence that he committed the crime no d.n.a. evidence seven of the nine witnesses in the case recanted five say they were coerced and many of his supporters feel the case of troy davis showcases the unfair justice system in the united states. there's ever to be a first because. they are very. risky. now that was in washington d.c. right now you're looking at live pictures outside of the prison in georgia where troy davis is scheduled to be executed reportedly there are about one hundred fifty people right outside the prison and then across the street reports on the ground thousands more are out there so far from what we're hearing there is no word on from the supreme court yet on the final. the final plea for davis to not be executed now we will go back to these pictures and we will have more on this we're going to be speaking with the league is evolution of oz of the new black panther party to look at w

. >>> we go now on the phone to laura moy, who's director of amnesty international. she's inside the gates at the prison. laura, i wonder if i can ask you for your immediate reaction to learning that there has been this delay in the execution of mr. davis. >> well, you know, it's a very emotional scene down here. people are a little bit more calm. i'm on the grounds of the prison where a couple hundred supporters are gathered. -- several hundred people who are on the other side of the highway who are waiting for some kind of word. people got the wrong information there was a stay and it turned out it was simply a delay. it's been a very intense evening. the security here is incredibly intense despite the fact that nobody is doing anything to provoke any sort of situation. people are just gathered here very peacefully even though sometimes there are some loud chanting of people who are very just upset about what may happen here. but i don't think it's that unusual for the supreme court to create a delay. there are always these last-minute appeals. sometimes people get

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amnesty international has called the most disturbing case in detention. the first woman to die in detention, her parents found, by mistake, heard decapitated body. how do you explain that? [talking over each other] >> i refuse the accusation that it is the government or the country that are scheming -- >> they tied her arms, hands, and defeat. -- and feet. >> i can assure you that my neighbors that have been strangled by armed gangs -- in order to fight this kind of terrorism -- >>: on the world to hell -- calling on the world to help syria. we have heard the same morning from protesters. both sides blaming the other, but it is a real worry in the capital. >> anti-gaddafi fighters have surged from the east for the first time in their assaults. soldiers traded rocket fire as they edge from the eastern suburbs into the city. the surge comes two days after the fighters attacked from the west and retreated. one of the last remaining gaddafi strongholds. they're traveling with the ntc forces and inside the boundaries. >> where we are in the moment is the battl

amnesty international calls her death an outrage.d nations high commissioner for human rights calls it appalling. and the regime, on the day word of this crime surfaced, they asked the world to believe that syria is under attack by armed nugs and is trying to keep the peace. >> translator: syria exercises is the responsibility to protect its citizens and is going to secure their safety and stability. >> that doesn't match the accounts of the death of ze zena balbusi. >> zena carried by dozens of women in the city. protesting her slaughter and chanting for the downfall of the regime. her crime, her older brother was an activist well-known for leading demonstrations and treating the wounded. for months he had been evading the authorities. the family says that the security forces demanded him in exchange for zena. on september 10th, muhammed was injured. he came back a corpse. tortured to death they believe. >> gunshots were being aimed at protesters for more rights. then, of course, there's this. a man on his knees in front of an army

amnesty international and naacp delivered petitions with 650,000 names on them to the georgia board of pardons and paroles in atlanta. the petitions seek clemency for davis. >> they have the opportunity and the authority to weigh in and to make sure that the state of georgia does not carry out what could be an unimaginable and irreversible mistake. >> joining me now, managing editor is also an msnbc contributor. thank you for being here. when we look at the latest plea, do we think there might be another delay and maybe progress on clemency? >> if you look at the facts of the case, we think so. this was sent back by the u.s. treatment court. they have death penalty cases and ask the appeals court to look at it again. 7 out of 10 recanted testimony. the appeals court found it was the burden of proof to prove that in fact troy davis was innocent rather than the other way around, the burden of proof being on the prosecution. he couldn't meet that bar. so far there is not a lot of positive movement out of the georgia board of paroles. no one has interviewed them. >> three times before has

groups like amnesty international and the naacp are leading a campaign to save his life.ant to bring in cnn's david mattingly. he will be at the hearing when davis' fate is decided. i want to talk about the physical evidence in the case, which has been picked over now for 20 years, but what's the controversy over these ballistic results? >> when you hear his many support ers saying that there's no physical evidence against troy davis, that's why there is so much attention being focused on the shell casings. he was convicted not only of killing this police officer but also in a shooting that same evening. at the time of his conviction, there was expert testimony matching those shell casings from the earlier shooting to the shooting of the police officer. in the time since then, there have been re-examinations of the shell casings. his attorneys have gone to federal court arguing since that time the new examinations of the shell casings show they are not an absolute match. they are not conclusive and his supporters have latched on to that saying, look, this is one more piec

joining me from amnesty international is larry davis., this is international outcry and supporters and vigils held, and any word that they will consider the fact that he wants to take a polygraph test? >> we haven't gotten word yet. i think it is an indication of how firmly troy is convinced that if people would look at the facts they would realize that he may be innocent. >> and hundreds oflarry, have f petitions to sign for clemency, and we have pope benedict, and desmond tutu and william sessions of the former fbi director, and any political clout that these individuals possess that could alter a course that is events scheduled to take place tonight at 7:00 p.m.? >> well, i hope. so even more is supporters of the death penalty, an congressman bob bar when they look at this case say that this case is not the kind of case that the death penalty was for and even the people who believe in the death penalty should not want troy davis to be executed, because you don't want to see a possibly innocent man put to death by the state. >> we have

. >> amnesty international is calling upon the german government to set up registration programs for refugees much like those in the u.s. and norway, even when there is no threat or crisis. >> the european union's envoy to ukraine has accused kiev of ignoring their plea to release yulia tymoshenko. they are concerned that the charges against her are motivated by political opponents. the former prime minister is on trial accused of abusing office when she signed a gas import contract with russia. prosecutors are calling for a seven-year prison sentence. yulia tymoshenko denies the charges. serbia and kosovo have broken off talks after renewed unrest in goes a vote. a four u.n. peacekeepers and 16 nationals were injured in protest. a serbian government spokesperson says that belgrade is working to stabilize the situation. tension has arisen after the close of those security forces attempted to take control of a border crossing with serbia. the constitutional court is marking its 60th anniversary. they have a long tradition of judicial independence and a bold and the right of citizens.

supporting -- at according to amnesty international, one of three women worldwide will be beaten, coursed into sex, with rape in some countries reaching 70%. these devastate the lives of women and men everywhere around the globe. how does this affect you? what relevance does this have today as we sit enjoying lunch at the women's day event? it affects you more than you think. bear with me as i share some statistics. i had the privilege of speaking at the united nations a few weeks ago, a humbling experience. the u.n. has been a leader in establishing the human rights of women. in 1979 that established the convention on the elimination of all forms of discrimination against women. this is designed to protect women. president carter signed the document and send it to the senate foreign relations committee for a vote in 1980. to date, 31 years later, the united states is the only developed nation that has failed to ratify the treaty, putting us and the company of somalia, sudan, iran, and zimbabwe. this past month and the halls of congress, we have seen an attack on american women like never

live from moscow these are the top stories amnesty international calls on all sides in the libyan civil war to prevent human rights violations but short lived jubilation after the fall of gadhafi some even say they're now being abused by those who fought for their freedom. at a time when the u.s. is tightening its fiscal belt floors in private jails and seek more revenue from cash cow prisoners the arts use of lobbying to expand the american justice system and increase the number of citizens behind bars. ukraine considers all galatea of day trips to the contaminated area around her novel the side of the world's biggest nuclear disaster tourist business were banned over allegations they provided healthy profits to train officials. a constant companions in any war are lost lives and destruction or the impact on nature often goes unnoticed well that starts you focuses on the environmental footprint of war. displacement is another of war's consequences the forced migration of civilians has profound impacts on the natural environment this image was taken in one thousand nine hundred six afte

take one of the most recent examples which amnesty international has called the most disturbing case in detention. 19-year-old hosnay, her parents found by mistake, her decapitated body in the morgue. how do you explain that? >> well, there are so many people who have been found -- but i -- >> you always stood up for women's rights. what are you saying -- >> it is the government or country or security people who are killing. >> who decapitated her and tied her arms, hands and feet? >> well, i can assure you ten neighbors of my family who had been killed and maimed and who had been strangled by gangs. and this is why we need the world to stand with us in order to fight this kind of terrorism. >> zr scharfen calling on the world to help what she said is a problem with terrorism. you also heard a warning there that syria could slide into sectarian war. you hear the same warning from the protesters here as well and diplomats based here. both sides blaming each other but it's a real worry in the capital. >> reporting there from damascus. in libya, fierce fighting in colonel qaddafi's home

ten am in the russian capital you're watching r t i'm marina joshie welcome to the program amnesty international has called in libya's new authorities to prevent human rights abuses there are allegations of violations committed by.

amnesty international, however, has warned the former rebels to make sure they don't violate the rights of pro-gadhafi fighters. as for gadhafi himself, his whereabouts are still unknown. but in a statement broadcast by a loyalist television station, he called on his supporters to continue the fight until they defeat what he refered to as "the coup." tonight in sports...novak djokovic continues his fantastic season with a resounding victory over rafael nadal at the us open. meanwhile, jonathan trott of england has been named cricketer of the year. jimmy yu has more... hello, i'm jimmy yu and welcome to world sports. in tennis...novak djokovic provided irrefutable proof that he is the world's best player and perhaps on his way to becoming one of the greatest ever with a incredible victory over rafael nadal in the u.s. open final on monday. in claiming his third grand slam title of an amazing season, djokovic produced an incredible display of shotmaking and courage during a classic slugfest that lasted over four hours. in the opening set, the defending champion jumped out to a 2-0 lead, o

that's borne out by reports by amnesty international which says the rebels are guilty of unlawful killings and torture it takes pains to point out that gadhafi forces committed some terrible atrocities but also documents a brutal settling of scores by rebel forces including the lynchings of gadhafi soldiers meanwhile gadhafi is home town is one of the last holdouts a letter purportedly from the colonel himself begs the u.n. security council to protect sirte from being pounded by nato and to tackle what it describes as crimes by the forces of the new government civilian deaths are seemingly assured. cameron and sarkozy were quick to condemn gadhafi the killing innocent libyans in the lead up to nato is no fly zone being imposed but no such rhetorics being aimed at the n.t.s.b. in fact it's quite the opposite britain sponsored un resolution to ease sanctions against libya and against the national oil corporation in particular getting the oil flowing again. london. with libya's national transitional council. the united nations. reports the first steps to rebuilding the country. one of the thi

. >> and amnesty international report say that rebels fighting to topple muammar gaddafi committed their own crimes and libya. this group issued a report today based on three months of investigation. crimes committed by gaddafi forces were greater and that the rebels also committed crimes. opposition reporters on lawfully killed more than one doesn't about the loyalists and security officials between april and early july. the death toll from a gasoline pipeline explosion in the kenyan capital has risen to 82. six bodies were recovered from a sewage filled river. the head of the state owned can get the pipeline company said that yesterday's blast was caused by an over pressurized mind. >> a live look from the mt. tam cam. we will be right back with a check on our top stories as the kron 4 morning news continues. >> we are continuing to follow a developing story, from a surge continuing for four teenagers who escaped from a detention center. one of the boys is considered to be dangerous. here it is the location. is the violence and boys ranch. authorities at the center noticed the boys wer

the few remaining strongholds of colonel gadhafi elder a shield of nato air strikes bounces amnesty international he's in opposed to killings in human rights movements it's. a dead zone for tourists ukraine's abates was dragged down on trips every contaminated area around chernobyl should be lifted and made allegations painted by the on healthy pulpits to officials. in stormy seas in the open a shake me economy of germany attempts to calm the years they've been growing since potential compelled by urging members of the year as a stick to gather as if the intensity already helped. europe is that problems international stock markets as fears grow over its economy will have more knots and business in twenty minutes. from moscow naysay west strikes have hit the remaining strongholds of the loyalists in libya helping rebels to attack a key oil town in the east that says the only position of the nida of the. position in his first speech since the colonel was ousted libyans to strive for west civil democratic state based on moderate islam meanwhile on the sea and called on the continent in your forty's

to attack the few remaining strongholds of the under a shield of nato airstrikes balances amnesty international accuses both sides of killings and human rights abuses it's. a dead zone for tourists all forages in ukraine debate whether trips to be contaminated the area around chernobyl should be resumed deliver allegation as they were providing officials with on the one hundred profits. stormy seas in europe over it shaky economy germany attempts to calm fears a the greece is a potential to fold by urging members of the year as a team to stick together exactly to the aryans for help. and then business international stock markets bounce back the spotlight europe is that problems there are two markets and then the predecessor and the black i'll have more on that in business in twenty minutes. a very warm welcome to you this is live from moscow nato airstrikes have hit the remaining strongholds of the loyalists in libya helping rebels to attack a key oil town of east bound as the leader of the opposition in his first speech says the colonel was ousted urges the libyans to strive for a civil them a

revolution started with killings to intimidate through fear their hands are covered in blogs amnesty international has recently accused both conduct his regime and the one which replaced it of committing war crimes including killings and torture of military prisoners and civilians these are being felt by a some here that's more his in-store. notion r t tripoli libya or the u.s. says it's working with rebels to find conventional and chemical weapons are currently missing. it's feared some could end up in the hands of terrorists james them as our london based rational middle east politics and security issue says there are parallels with. the really dangerous scenario similar to what happened in iraq and. a very weaponized society people with automatic weapons in their homes as well as the looting of large scale military grade. mortars and even materials of components of potential chemical weapons this is a very dangerous and are considering the numbers of groups operating in libya present the fluid nature of the situation so i believe that the transitional national council their first job is of cour

revolution started with killings to intimidate through fear their hobbies are covered in blogs amnesty international has recently accused both gadhafi regime and the one which replaced it of committing war crimes including killings and torture of military prisoners and civilians. have been felt by some here that more is in store. reef notion r t tripoli libya. and john laughland from the institute for democracy and cooperation in paris says that the cameron sarkozy visit to libya underlines the real goal of the nato strategy. i don't think anybody seriously bought the line that this intervention was about protecting civilians that was merely the fig leaf the legal figley for that france britain and america used to overthrow gadhafi the west by overthrowing gadhafi wanted to maintain the fiction that the entire world is moving towards a western dominated model of pro western model it wanted to show that the arab spring movement was a movement for liberal western style democracy and of course as soon as a country a state the regime stood in the way of that apparent wave which was the case of libya it'

revolution started with killings to intimidate through fear of their hands are covered in blogs amnesty international has recently accused both gadhafi regime and the one which replaced it of committing war crimes including killings and torture of military prisoners and civilians these are being felt by some here that more is an store roof an option r t tripoli libya or the discuss the story on our joint life of destroyed by our young me as the others who have been perfectly news wire and many that really are. now david cameron and little of this there's no commercial interest to this intervention but with the oil is due to depart from libyan ports many are asking how credible these claims really are. well yes i think this is very indicative of the overall neal colonial character of this war that has developed for nearly seven months now the national transition council would have never been able to get outside of benghazi if it had not been for the support of the united states as well as the nato forces they have supplied these rebels with arms with diplomatic cover and then of course there was the s

alleged terrorists have been held the math that's used have been condemned by organizations like amnesty international and human rights watch is something which turns a war on terrorism in turn the act of terrorism in itself another sign of the post nine eleven world is a rise in islam of increasing with evident in the u.s. and europe it took america ten years to locate and eliminate osama bin laden the mastermind of nine eleven the nun's month of the death of the u.s. as most wanted and the mean may spark mass celebrations in the united states. is a sure and welcome to the show thank you very much for being with us. well thank you for having me so yes thanks to sure you say i quote the fundamental flaw in our thinking about bin laden is that muslims hate us for what we are rather than what we do and quote what's your explanation of the reasons for these attacks. we were attacked because of what our government does in the muslim world this was overwhelmingly a defensive response to us foreign policy toward european foreign policy for that matter there is not much difference when it comes to the muslim

revolution started with the killings to intimidate through fear their hobbies are covered in blogs amnesty international has recently accused both gadhafi regime and the one which replaced it of committing war crimes including killings and torture of military prisoners and civilians fears have been felt by some here that more is in store. regional should not t. tripoli libya. now where the leadership of the countries has its committed to political reforms and peaceful change members of russia's upper house of parliament are on a fact finding mission in syria and have had talks with president assad last week moscow hosted the country's opposition leaders the kremlin insists that the conflict in syria should be resolved without external involvement and international pressure previously russia rejected calls from the u.s. and e.u. urging assad to step down saying he should be given more time to push through reforms anti-government demonstrations and flared up in march with at least twenty six hundred people reportedly killed in clashes and with michel chossudovsky says the russian delegation faces a tough